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...report may have ignored the temper of the times. Ten years ago the public was moving toward the idea of lighter punishment for marijuana users. A 1972 study by the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse concluded that criminal sanctions were failing and counterproductive. Over the next six years, eleven states decriminalized pot possession for individual use,* while many others decreased penalties or loosened up their enforcement. President Carter backed a softening of federal laws. But by the late '70s the mood began to swing back. With an estimated 60% of high school seniors having tried...
...Philadelphia meeting were Kennedy and Mondale, both of whom delivered traditional stemwinders attacking Reagan and reaffirming the party's liberal principles. In his 30-min. address, Mondale, usually a dull, plodding speaker, was interrupted by applause 27 times. In his 40-min. speech, Kennedy, 7 Ibs. lighter and sporting new aviator glasses, was stopped 57 times by ovations. Some of this enthusiasm was due to the fact that midterm conclaves are usually packed with party activists, who tend to be liberal. Even so, the response served notice that Kennedy and Mondale remain the front runners for the party...
...think it's dead batteries above the neck," he says petulantly. "Just look at the facts. Course loads are lighter, grades are more inflated, and yet fewer and fewer students are able to finish in four years...
Everything has its place, even history, acknowledges Pulitzer Prize winning historian Bernard Bailyn. Adams University Professor. So for the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot he recommends lighter, fictional works...
Radcliffe's heavy weight boats did not fare as well as their lighter counterparts The varsity heavy weights could manage only sixth place, well behind the winning threesome of Princeton. Yale and Boston University...